Authors: Clea Major
Local Reviews: Ask for the Future
Ask for the Future = The Rocket Summer + Something Corporate + Sing It Loud … read more
Local Reviews: Spiral Diary
Spiral Diary = Dashboard Confessional + Saves the Day + Plain White T’s … read more
Local Reviews: Malevolent MC
SpyHop is known locally as an organization for teens, and their record label is teen-run, but the debut from Malevolent MC doesn’t sound immature. There’s not, however, much malevolence to be found here. … read more
Local Reviews: Jef Doogie
Something Original is good, solid underground rap in the style of most solid underground rap: old-school production and angsty subject matter. The last part is what kept me from really loving this album. … read more
Local Reviews: Sarge
This is not great. It’s not awful either, it’s just very generic hardcore punk, tinged with a bit of metal. It’s very loud and angry, but a few songs into it I still found myself yawning. … read more
Sister Spit @ The Sponge Bar
Sister Spit is a touring troop of queer literary performance artists. SS was in part founded by Michelle Tea, one of San Francisco’s more distinguished and prolific queer writers. This all-female punky fan of writers first started trekking across the globe in the 90s, and have recently regrouped as Sister Spit: The Next Generation to tour across Europe and the U.S., including a stop in Salt Lake City at the Sponge Bar. … read more
Blitzen Trapper @ In the Venue
It’s rare these days for me to go to a show and remain impressed, engaged and enthusiastic throughout every single set. So I was quite pleasantly surprised by the recent Blitzen Trapper and Mirah show, which gave me a solid four hours of awesome live music. … read more
Kayo Gallery & Davina Pallone
Kayo Gallery is a pillar of Salt Lake City’s art scene and Davina Pallone is a pillar of Kayo Gallery—Therefore, Pallone is a pillar of Salt Lake’s art scene. Unfortunately, we are losing Pallone, as she is leaving Kayo and Salt Lake City this month. … read more